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Like chaff before the wind. POETIC COMPARISON | The nations roar like waters, then flee like chaff and dust before the wind. Sea, chaff and storm visualize the comparisons rather than a literal flood battle.
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Isaiah 17:12-13

Like chaff before the wind

Gleanings and the storm · Isaiah 17

Story guide: POETIC COMPARISON | The nations roar like waters, then flee like chaff and dust before the wind. Sea, chaff and storm visualize the comparisons rather than a literal flood battle.

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12Ah, the roar of many peoples— they roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations— they rush like the rushing of mighty waters.

13The peoples roar like the roaring of many waters, but he rebukes it, and it flees far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind, and like whirling dust before the storm.

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